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teensDoes Media Exposure Matter?
Submitted by community on Thu, 20/01/2011 - 8:33pm
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Greetings! A study in the Journal of Pediatrics found that 55% of teens who were exposed to a lot of sexual material in movies, music and the Internet had intercourse by the age of 16. Compare that with only 6% of teens having sex who were not exposed to such imagery in the media. What do we think about this? I don't believe young teens are ready to put sexual content from the media into perspective. If you don't think it makes a difference, you're not opening your eyes. Just remember how much companies are willing to pay for advertising during key shows/events precisely to influence viewers. So it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out a link between media imagery and behaviour.
If you were to catch your teen texting or typing the acronym "PBS" and you're desperately trying to work out in your head what PBS could possibly stand for ... don't worry, you are not alone. These days our children are more likely to use TXTing, tweets and short updates on Facebook than to make an actual phone call. Consequently short codes or Internet speech is used in everyday vernacular. So "PBS" stands for more than just "Public Broadcasting System" ... in this case it's most likely to mean "Parent Behind Shoulder".
